Individual Details

Event

STEPHEN ROBEY
State: MD
County: Charles County
Township: Bryan Town Hundredct
Year: 1778
Record Type: Fidelity Oath
Database: MD Early Census Index

Death

Charles County Maryland Will Book AI-10, 1788-1791; Page 537.
Stephen Robey's Will,
I, Stephen Robey of CC, am of sound & perfect mind & memory, I want my debts & funeral charges to be first paid.
To my daughter-in-law Sarah Demar - 5 shillings.
To my daughter Mary - 1 bay yearling mare colt and my largest looking glass.
To my son Joshua - my old gun, & my 2 granddaughters Mary & Jemime Robey [sic].
To my daughter Ann Robey - 1 black mare colt & my smallest looking glass.
To my on Jacob - 28 shillings, in the hands of William Robey,brother-in-law, & 12 shillings in the hands of John Nally Robey.
It is my will that my long Mair(?) remain her and my side saddle,for the use of my 2 daughters, Mary & Ann, or either of them thatcontinues here longest.
To my 4 children, namely, Jacob, Mary, Joshua, & Ann, & tomy 2 granddaughters, namely Mary & Jemime Robey - each, 5£agreeable to the appraisement, Mary, her 1st choice, Ann, the 2ndchoice, Joshua, the 3 choices, one for himself & 1 for eachgranddaughter herein mentioned, & Jacob, the last choice.
To my 6 children, namely, Lydia Robey, Michael Maddox, JacobRobey, Mary Robey, Joshua Robey, & Ann Robey, & my 2granddaughters afd my son Joshua to choose for my afd granddaughters -the rest of my estate, to be equally divided between them.
If my 2 sons-in-law, William Robey & Nathan Maddox, do notmeet at the time appointed after having notice, to choose forthemselves, I want my son Joshua to appoint a person to choose forthem.
Executor: my son Joshua.
Signed Sep 13, 1790 - Stephen Robey. Wit - Jeremiah Gibbins, Alexius Mudd, John (I his mark) Thompson.
Probated on Dec 13, 1790 by the executor and by the oaths ofwitnesses Gibbins and Mudd. Letters Testamentary were granted to theexecutor; his securities were William Robey & Alexius Mudd.